A quote from further down in the same article.


"This isn't just true on our side of the border. In Puget Sound, combined sewage overflows from ten US cities pour untreated sewage into sensitive streambanks and shoreline areas. In over 60% of Puget Sound's estuaries, water quality threatens the health of fish, shellfish or wildlife, primarily due to high fecal coliform counts and toxic metals and chemicals in estuary sediments"

Just FYI